Individual Differences and Their Relation to Social Structure in Domestic Cats

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 412-418

  Durr, Rena ^a   Smith, Christopher ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAT; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CATS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031309161     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.4.412     Document Type: Article

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